Pioneers of Strategic Bombing
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, USAAF
- Giulio Douhet, Regia Aeronautica (Italy)
- Arthur "Bomber" Harris, RAF
- Curtis LeMay, USAAF
- Billy Mitchell, USAAC
- Alexander P. de Seversky in Victory Through Air Power (1942 book and 1943 film)
- Carl Spaatz, USAAF
- Hugh Trenchard, RAF
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